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The flag of Benishangul/Gamuz is a horizontal tricolour of black, gold and green with a red triangle based at the hoist. [4] 2023-Present: Flag of Central Ethiopia Regional State [5] Flag of Dire Dawa [6] Flag of the Gambela Region [7] Flag of the Harari Region [8] Flag of the Oromia Region [9] Flag of the Sidama Region [10] Flag of the Somali ...
Oromia includes the former Arsi Province along with portions of the former Bale, Illubabor, Kaffa, Shewa and Sidamo provinces. [citation needed] Oromia shares a boundary with almost every region of Ethiopia except for the Tigray Region. These boundaries have been disputed in a number of cases, most notably between Oromia and the Somali Region.
This system of administrative regions replaced the provinces of Ethiopia in 1992. [1] ... Flag Name Population (2024) [8] Area ... Oromia Region: 40,884,000 284,538 ...
Flag Date Use Description 1270-1875: Flag of The Ethiopian Empire: A horizontal tricolour of Yellow, Red and Green. 1875-1881 Flag of The Ethiopian Empire A horizontal tricolour of red, white and purple with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. Disputed early version of the post-1897 flag. [17] 1881-1889: Flag of The Ethiopian Empire
The Oromo people (pron. / ˈ ɒr əm oʊ / ORR-əm-oh [11] Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya. [12] They speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. [12]
Prior to the 1995 Constitution, Ethiopia was divided into provinces, and those were further subdivided into awrajjas, then into woredas and then sub-woredas. Boundaries were sometimes redrawn and the number of provinces varied across time. [a] Awrajja were subdivisions of provinces, and were the rough equivalent of the current term zones. After ...
Flag of the Oromo Liberation Front. Oromo nationalism is an ethnic nationalism advocating the self-interest of Oromo people in Ethiopia and Kenya.Many Oromo elites, intellectuals and political leaders struggled to create an independent Oromia state throughout 19th and 20th century, since the start of Abyssinian colonialism under Emperor Menelik II.
Oromia is named for the Oromo people, who settled along the edge of the Ethiopian Highlands that form this Zone. Oromia Zone is bordered on the southwest by North Shewa Zone, on the northwest by South Wollo and Argobba special woreda, and on the east by the Afar Region. The Zone consists of 7 Woredas which are Artuma Fursi, Bati, Bati Town ...